The Vineyarders led 20-9 at the half but Sandwich clamped down with a full-court press in the third quarter to close the game to two points. The Blue Knights, however, could not overtake the Vineyard in the fourth quarter en route to the loss.

Upper Cape 34, Sturgis East 29: Amber DiBona and Alexandra Hill led the Rams with nine pioints apiece and Upper Cape downed the Storm in the season opener for both schools played at the Hyannis Youth & Community Center.

The Rams overcame a 17-16 halftime deficit by limiting turnovers and making better shot selections.

Meghan Fitzgerald led Sturgis East with 18, 10 of them from the free-throw line.

Old Colony 45, Cape Tech 20: The Crusaders put forth a strong effort but came up short against the Cougars in the teams' season opener in Harwich.

Old Colony led by 13 at the half but Cape Tech cut into that deficit by the end of the third quarter. The Cougars increased their lead late to finish off the win.

Brockton 69, Barnstable 11: The Red Raiders opened the season playing one of the annual postseason tournament teams in Brockton.

Only two players scored for Barnstable, led by 10 points from Colleen Kenny.

Geornaisha Silva-Moore led all players with 18 points for Brockton.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Cape Cod Academy 44, Sturgis West 43: Kyle Ryder scored 19 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer with three seconds to play, to help the Seahawks edge the Navigators in the teams' season opener in Osterville.

Ned McCutcheon added nine points for Cape Cod Academy.

Carlo Tashjian led Sturgis West with 14 points and Michael Marsh had 12.

The Seahawks took a 20-12 lead to the half and went up by as many as 10 in the second half. The Navigators battled back to take the lead midway through the fourth quarter before Ryder won it.

Old Colony 71, Cape Tech 38: Jake Pringle scored 14 points to lead the Cougars over the Crusaders in Rochester.

Cape Tech kept up with Old Colony on defense but struggled with turnovers. The Cougars led 38-16 at the half.

Ayden Holmes led the Crusaders with 17 points while Jackson Caile added 10.

BOYS HOCKEY

Bridgewater-Raynham 4, Falmouth 0: The Trojans scored two goals in the second and third periods in the season opener with the Clippers at the Bridgewater Ice Arena.

Adam Chase and Noah Paige scored in the second period for B-R while Anthony Hart and Mike Hiltz added third-period scores.

Jake Beaton made 19 stops in net for Falmouth and got strong defensive support from Cam and Thomas Tobey, Marc Rocheleau and Sam Bluestein. Robbie Souza contributed strong play up front. The Clippers also played penalty free.